FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- The Army’s Net Zero Installation Strategy to conserve natural resources echoes Fort Meade’s efforts to conserve energy.

According to the Army’s website, Net Zero is a holistic approach to addressing energy, water and waste. The goal is for installations to be Net Zero -- using and producing resources in...

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Active shooter exercise tests Fort Rucker

Train lead singer rolls into WFSC WCAP runners lead All-Army to silver

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Fort Rucker put itself on lockdown as emergency officials sprang into action for an active shooter exercise Feb. 9.

Pat Monahan, lead singer for the band Train (center), takes time to talk with Sgt. Dallas Ger-man and his wife, Aprel, when...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15, 2011 -- U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program runner Spc. Robert Cheseret won the men’s 12K...

The exercise began at Lyster Army Health Clinic at 1 p.m. when a “gunman” entered the facility, firing his weapon and... Read more...

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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command announced today the IMCOM-level Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware...

IMCOM announces KLW winners

Zero Waste: Post solar power

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ADC hosts conference in San Antonio, Tex-More than 400 people representing businesses

and local, state and federal government agencies from across the United States converged in San

Antonio, Texas, Feb. 14-16 for the Association of Defense Communities’ Winter Forum.

The purpose of the confer...

Fort Greely’s own, the current Ms. Deltana, nearly added Mrs. Alaska America to her accom-plishments Saturday night in Anchorage.

Amy Cauthen Marshall...

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - Current All-Army head coach Basheer Abdullah hasn’t put forward a losing team in his 14...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - A Fort Wain-wright family member was among the winners of the 2010 Army Digital photography contest. Lilianna, the spouse of Tommy...

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Fort Carson is a ma-jor player when it comes to the state’s economy, but Gov. John Hickenlooper...

Lawyer’s spot on Alaska’s Royal Court

Famed coach announces retirement

Spouse wins photography honors

Governor visits post

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Byers determined to wrestle in Olympics

Daughters welcome home their fathers

Families enjoy a night at the circus

DoD stresses debt reduction

‘Arctic Titanic’ restoration at Bliss

Jennifer Jo Cobb unveils ‘Driven 2 Honor’

Soldier-athletes share WCAP, sports

Fire department preps cavalry unit

SAN ANTONIO - With the 2012 London Games looming over the horizon, U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Greco-Roman

WIESBADEN, Germany - Girls from across the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden put a spin on their fathers’ welcome home celebrations. They also added a few dips, twists, turns and squeals.

Dads and daughters filled the Wiesbaden Middle School gymnasium for the Feb. 5 Daddy Daughter Dance at the...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For 50 Fort Bragg chil-dren and their Families it was a party under the big top last week.

FORT SILL, Okla.-- The statistics are frighten-ing. About 43 percent of American families spend more than they make each year, average house-holds carry some $8,000 in credit card debt and personal bankruptcies have doubled in the past decade.

Military personnel are not...

FORT BLISS, Texas-Following arctic tem-peratures which wreaked havoc on thousands of homes in greater El Paso, eight...

LOS ANGELES - Even as a race-car driver, Jennifer Jo Cobb finds it hard to fathom how fast her “Driven 2 Honor” program...

SAN ANTONIO - The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program may be one of...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - Soldiers preparing for a yearlong deployment to Afgh...

heavyweight wrestler Sgt. 1st Class Dremiel Byers is more determined than ever to win an Olympic gold medal. “I’ve been number...

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IN THE PRESSExternal Media Report

Fort Bliss wasn’t immune to this month’s deep freeze. More than 500 homes on the post had waterlines that ruptured during the single-digit cold snap.

Though water service was restored to the entire post except the South Main Post neighborhood by Feb. 6, plumbing repairs to homes are expected to...

Expansion at Fort Carson helped the Colorado Springs area’s economic output grow faster in 2009 than any other metro-politan area in Colorado, even as output declined nationwide and in five of the state’s six other metro areas, according to a report.

The area’s economic...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback signed an Army Community Covenant during a ceremony marking Armed Forces Appreciation Day in Kansas.

The Republican governor declared the day of recognition Thursday, and signed an executive order establishing the Governor’s Military Council.

BISBEE — Fort Huachuca conserva-tion and environmental officials are joining with the county Board of Supervisors, the Sierra Vista City Council and the Arizona-New Mexico Counties Coalition so that all interests are represented when it comes to designating endangered species.

The original purpose...

FORT DRUM — The 10th Mountain Division deployment schedules show population fluctuations until 2012, but anything beyond then is anybody’s guess.

“It’s a very difficult analysis,” said Carl A. McLaughlin, executive director of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization.

It’s possible to estimate...

Fort Bliss repairs homes, recovers

Carson kept local economy growing

Gov. signs Community Covenant

Fort joins endangered species fight

Drum soldier population to swell

Face-lifts continue at Indianhead Village Green landscaping puts LID on runoff

Employees writing on the walls? Rock ‘N Wellness Expo explores CSF

USAG-HI begins Net Zero goals Military children ACS day of deployment

IMCOM mission statement challenge It’s easy to be green, save

Army Community Service transforms ACS trained to assist surviving spouses

Mosquitoes’ buzz hits Hawaii APG doing part to boost forest coverage

FORT BENNING, Ga. - A housing area on Main Post for enlisted Soldiers, junior noncom-missioned officers and their families that dates back half a century is getting a hefty overhaul.

All 414 units at Indianhead Village - 282 town homes and 132 single-story duplexes - are being thoroughly refurbished in a...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The next time someone asks you to put a LID on it, don’t take offense.

They may simply be asking whether you’ve considered putting a green roof on that new building you are designing. Low Impact Develop-ment, known as LID, is...

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, PA. -- One Tobyhanna organization sees the writing on the wall when it comes to cutting overhead costs and improving efficiency.

Members of the Productivity Improvement and Innovation Directorate’s Process Improve-ment Division estimate an...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Before enjoying the free Lt. Dan Band concert, 7 p.m., Feb. 12, Martinez Physical Fitness Center, here, enjoy the “Rock ‘N Wellness” Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Expo, 3-6 p.m., Tropics Recreation Center, here.

The expo will provide...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Net zero, resource management and sustainability are terms being used more frequently during a time of persistent conflict.

These terms and associated practices will play significant roles in our nation’s stability and secu-rity. They will also impact the...

FORT HOOD, Texas -- For children, a parent’s deployment can be a scary time full of unknowns and uncertainties.

Feb. 12, about 200 Fort Hood children got a glimpse of what their parents experience when they deploy. During a day-long mock deployment at Comanche Chapel, children...

The Installation Management Command (IM-COM) announced a revised mission statement this week.

The new statement reads, “Our mission is to provide Soldiers, Civilians and their Families with a quality of life commensurate with the quality of their service.”

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- The Law of Conserva-tion of Energy states energy cannot be created or destroyed, but Fort Rucker energy engineer Buddy Coleman believes it, and money, can be wasted.

People can save both by following a few simple tips - a couple involve light usage.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Army Community Service is enhancing the way it delivers services, to make it easier and faster for Soldiers and their Family members to get the help they are seeking.

The initiative to transform ACS stems from a holistic review of Army Family programs by the Office of the Assistant Chief...

Employees from the Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Directorate attended a training program this week.

Often, training is scheduled after events indicate that some corrective action or additional information is needed to prevent employees from repeating mistakes. However...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - While a mosquito’s irritating, high-pitched buzz can be a nuisance, the irritating pests have not yet caused any serious illness to humans, here, according to the Hawaii State Department of Health.

Although Hawaii has reported no mosquitoes carrying human diseases, such as dengue fever, West Nile virus and malaria, at present, dogs can acquire heartworms (filarial worms) from in-fected mosquitoes biting them. Also, native birds often die from bird malaria and...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2011 the International Year of Forests to raise awareness about forest management and conser-vation and development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations.

At Aberdeen Proving Ground, forest lands are an important part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and sustaining their functions is the key to improving the Bay’s health while insuring successful execution of the Army’s testing and training missions.

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